
Episode 17 – Substance and Accident, Act and Potency | Prof. Michael Gorman
Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy
Rusty's Agility, Not Nothing
In Latin, a substance is something that stands under something else. A substance might be said to stand under its features, in the sense that they depend on it. Without Rusty, there's no Rusty's agility either. And often enough, an accident is a feature of something that it just so happens to have. Now I want to go over substance and accident again, this time giving an account that is somewhat more detailed and rigorous.
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